Hello, I have recently bought an unbranded micro usb to usb type c adapter, and I have been using it to move files over. I'm wondering if it's a good idea to possible charge my phone with it as well? I checked the adapter through the CheckR app and it seems to be fine, but I just want to double check. Thanks.
You should be fine to use it but it won't charge anywhere near as quickly.
Heisenberg said:
You should be fine to use it but it won't charge anywhere near as quickly.
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Thanks for the quick reply. Out of curiosity, is it like that with all adapters like these? Or would an actual branded one charge at normal speed?
domdomrys said:
Thanks for the quick reply. Out of curiosity, is it like that with all adapters like these? Or would an actual branded one charge at normal speed?
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The only way to get it to charge at the optimal rate is to use a cable with USB-C at both ends. If you have one end with micro USB you'll be limited to the charging capacity that that type allows.
Heisenberg said:
The only way to get it to charge at the optimal rate is to use a cable with USB-C at both ends. If you have one end with micro USB you'll be limited to the charging capacity that that type allows.
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Great, thanks a bunch!
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Great, thanks a bunch!
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No problemo
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I received my Epic yesterday, and so today I'm doing my first full charge. I've had it plugged in for almost three hours now, and I'm only at 50%. Is anyone else experiencing this?
are you charging it on the wall or on a pc? and are u using it alot while charging?
It's connected to my PC. And I'm not using it at all.
hockeymike said:
It's connected to my PC. And I'm not using it at all.
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most USB are low power. You should use the wall charger the first time.
usb is slated to run at 500mAh, doesnt mean it cant go over it.. but thats what most of them do. ac charges at least 1000mAh..
Well that would explain it. Thanks!
shabbypenguin said:
usb is slated to run at 500mAh, doesnt mean it cant go over it.. but thats what most of them do. ac charges at least 1000mAh..
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ROFL, don't mean to be rude, but try reading the adaptor it comes with, the wall adapter is 700mah, lower than what came with my 3 year old blackberry, I'm using the wifes old cube from her iphone now, thats a full 1 amp.
robl45 said:
ROFL, don't mean to be rude, but try reading the adaptor it comes with, the wall adapter is 700mah, lower than what came with my 3 year old blackberry, I'm using the wifes old cube from her iphone now, thats a full 1 amp.
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Hm.. No wonder I noticed it took forever on the wall charger also.
Is there any advantage to having a lower power charger? If I could find a micro usb charger that provided 1 amp, would that detrimentally affect my device?
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Is there any advantage to having a lower power charger? If I could find a micro usb charger that provided 1 amp, would that detrimentally affect my device?
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no it shouldn't, the thing has a 1500mah battery I believe. 1.5amps and less is fine. cablematters has a package for 5 bucks that has wall charger and car charger that are 1000 mah. and all IPHONES use 1000mah
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Is there any advantage to having a lower power charger? If I could find a micro usb charger that provided 1 amp, would that detrimentally affect my device?
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The amperage is really just the max amount of power the charger will supply. Many times, the actual power draw will be lower than the maximum of the charger..
robl45 said:
ROFL, don't mean to be rude, but try reading the adaptor it comes with, the wall adapter is 700mah, lower than what came with my 3 year old blackberry, I'm using the wifes old cube from her iphone now, thats a full 1 amp.
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ah well would explain some of your guys issues, i have a lot of usb to ac adapters and the one for the epic is still sealed for myself..
Does it charge with Micro USB? Or is there separate charger that would allow for simultaneous OTG & charging? If so, is it a samsung proprietary cable?
one port. I don't see why people are all upset with a tablet having one micro-USB port? What I would do to have micro USB on my Asus transformer prime, so damn annoying!
ANd plugging into a PC will charge slowly for most phones, and it depends on tablets, some do some don't. Even then, who leaves their tablet plugged into their PC all day anyways, a big no-no for phones as we all already know, won't charge very quickly...
Are the pogo pins not for charging?
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Are the pogo pins not for charging?
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They can charge as well when the tablet is in a dock (if that ever happens...). The pogo pins are not the primary charging method when not in a dock.
Samzebian said:
one port. I don't see why people are all upset with a tablet having one micro-USB port? What I would do to have micro USB on my Asus transformer prime, so damn annoying!
ANd plugging into a PC will charge slowly for most phones, and it depends on tablets, some do some don't. Even then, who leaves their tablet plugged into their PC all day anyways, a big no-no for phones as we all already know, won't charge very quickly...
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ah.. well for one thing, I would say the primary reason is the one I just stated: simultaneous OTG + charging.
There are users out there that do not like the limitation of having no MicroSD card.. The closest thing, without microSD, is OTG. But the problem is that you cannot constantly use it or the battery will empty [also using battery cycles, that could have otherwise been avoided, and saved for when you really need them].
So may I ask where you got this conclusion? I would like to show it to someone.
Would a usb splitter work if you wanted the device to have two ports? Just a thought.
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Would a usb splitter work if you wanted the device to have two ports? Just a thought.
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No, you'd be trying to charge the device, while it is giving out power on the same wires, to the USB OTG device.
The only way to fix it is with a kernel patch to disable outgoing power, and accept a charge with OTG.
Can't you buy an charger that fits the pogo pins. Not from google, of course.
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Can't you buy an charger that fits the pogo pins. Not from google, of course.
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maybe..but on the Nexus 7, when you plugged in OTG storage, it would not charge with the pogo pins--at least I'm pretty sure I read this on xda.
so it might be like this on the Nexus 10 too, I dunno.. I guess we'll find out soon.
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ah.. well for one thing, I would say the primary reason is the one I just stated: simultaneous OTG + charging.
There are users out there that do not like the limitation of having no MicroSD card.. The closest thing, without microSD, is OTG. But the problem is that you cannot constantly use it or the battery will empty [also using battery cycles, that could have otherwise been avoided, and saved for when you really need them].
So may I ask where you got this conclusion? I would like to show it to someone.
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I was referring to charging/microUSB ports, had nothing to do with MicroSD card slots
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I was referring to charging/microUSB ports, had nothing to do with MicroSD card slots
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No, I meant, you asked why people were upset it just had one micro usb port [instead of--I assume--a charging port, and then an additional micro usb], and I said it is [at least for me] because it makes it harder to properly use external storage [that's needed for some people because of the lack of micro sd].
is there an official spec sheet that shows it charges via its only micro usb port?
Hi everyone, I was wondering what type of micro usb port was on the Nexus 10, I cant seem to find any close up photos, I am a noob when it comes to tablet and smartphones, but after looking around for OTG cables and such for my futur N10, I came accros micro usb type A which is bigger and thicker, and micro usb type B which is nice and thin, so I'm kind of confused, which type do I need for N10, can anyone fill me in?
Sorry if I posted this in the wrong thread, but it would probably of been silly to start one for such an easy question . ^^
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Does it charge with Micro USB? Or is there separate charger that would allow for simultaneous OTG & charging? If so, is it a samsung proprietary cable?
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Yes, via a normal charger adapter. The USB cable is pluggable to the charger.
br, josh.
mvmacd said:
ah.. well for one thing, I would say the primary reason is the one I just stated: simultaneous OTG + charging.
There are users out there that do not like the limitation of having no MicroSD card.. The closest thing, without microSD, is OTG. But the problem is that you cannot constantly use it or the battery will empty [also using battery cycles, that could have otherwise been avoided, and saved for when you really need them].
So may I ask where you got this conclusion? I would like to show it to someone.
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Sorry, but then buy a tablet that has a MicroSD. The Nexus series doesn't have MicroSD. If you don't like that, there are other options.
So I am coming from a Galaxy Nexus and was trying to use the little 1amp Samsung chargers from that. Noticed the bundled charger provides a bit more output at 1.8 amps?
Anyways, switched to the bundled charger but the phone complains at me unless I use the bundled cable. Any ideas?
MoNsTeReNeRgY22 said:
So I am coming from a Galaxy Nexus and was trying to use the little 1amp Samsung chargers from that. Noticed the bundled charger provides a bit more output at 1.8 amps?
Anyways, switched to the bundled charger but the phone complains at me unless I use the bundled cable. Any ideas?
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Simple. The other cables cant handle that current.
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Simple. The other cables cant handle that current.
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Mhmm never thought of that I guess since never ran into that problem.
Also been using this 15ft monoprice cable for ages and it cant seem to handle it. Bummer since its handy to have this cable in my room.
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10303&cs_id=1030307&p_id=5460&seq=1&format=2
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Simple. The other cables cant handle that current.
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I don't think that's true, I had my charger and cable from my Note 2 which is a 2 amp charger, and that didn't allow my G2 to charge at full speed either.
MoNsTeReNeRgY22 said:
Mhmm never thought of that I guess since never ran into that problem.
Also been using this 15ft monoprice cable for ages and it cant seem to handle it. Bummer since its handy to have this cable in my room.
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10303&cs_id=1030307&p_id=5460&seq=1&format=2
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This is frustrating to me. I also had one of those monster monoprice cables. I used it for my Galaxy Nexus and then for my Galaxy S3.
Does anyone have a long USB cable that will charge this phone? If so, where did you get it? What kind is it?
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This is frustrating to me. I also had one of those monster monoprice cables. I used it for my Galaxy Nexus and then for my Galaxy S3.
Does anyone have a long USB cable that will charge this phone? If so, where did you get it? What kind is it?
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Longer the cable, the more lose there is....
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drathian1 said:
This is frustrating to me. I also had one of those monster monoprice cables. I used it for my Galaxy Nexus and then for my Galaxy S3.
Does anyone have a long USB cable that will charge this phone? If so, where did you get it? What kind is it?
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Emailed monoprice support, will see what they say.
I'm having the same issues. All of my microUSB cables give me the error. Anybody know of rated cables that will work? Seems crazy that I get the error with every single one of my cables, but not with LG's bundled cable. I've used these cables to charge a DNA, GS4, HTC One, Nexus 7, etc. with no issues at all.
Might be a long shot but could vzw/att have a setting in the build somewhere that causes this? I know it's a long shot but we all know how greedy they are.
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Isn't this phone equipped with some type of different usb that allows for faster charging? I think I read that somewhere. The other cables may not have the proper viber/wires to handle the current...
** I have no idea what I am talking about by the way**
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craigbailey1986 said:
Isn't this phone equipped with some type of different usb that allows for faster charging? I think I read that somewhere. The other cables may not have the proper viber/wires to handle the current...
** I have no idea what I am talking about by the way**
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Are you thinking of the note3?
http://www.sammobile.com/2013/09/05...-connector-for-faster-transfers-and-charging/
MoNsTeReNeRgY22 said:
Are you thinking of the note3?
http://www.sammobile.com/2013/09/05...-connector-for-faster-transfers-and-charging/
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No referring to the "quick charge"
http://m.pocketnow.com/2013/08/07/lg-g2-features
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Just an FYI, the blackberry Playbook micro usb charger works great on this phone. 6ft cord, 1.8 amps, can be had for 8 bux.
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Just an FYI, the blackberry Playbook micro usb charger works great on this phone. 6ft cord, 1.8 amps, can be had for 8 bux.
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Do you have a link for that? Cant seem to find it for $8
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RIM-Blackbe...S_Cell_Phone_PDA_Chargers&hash=item4d1268005e
MoNsTeReNeRgY22 said:
Do you have a link for that? Cant seem to find it for $8
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Thanks, I'll give it a shot!
When I used the LG charger & cable my phone charges the fastest I've ever seen any phone charge before.
Anybody know where to buy certified Quick Charge 2.0 chargers/cables? I know my DNA had Quick Charge 1.0 and I loved it, but I could never find more chargers or cables that supported it.
Same here. 50% to 100% in an hour and a half.
Keep in mind that there is a benefit to battery longevity when charging at lower currents.
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Emailed monoprice support, will see what they say.
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So heres what they said.
Thank you for contacting Monoprice.com. In regards to your inquiry, the USB specification limits the length of a cable between USB 2.0 devices to 5 meters (or about 16 feet) and for USB 1.0 the limit is 3 meters (which is about 10 feet.) The longer the cable the more power it would require to charge devices and sync. You might need a active USB cable since the LG phone would require more power. At this particular length the power would charge slower. What is the the length of the OEM cable from LG that you're using? With the 1.8A charger with the 15ft cable still slower compared to the shorter USB cables?
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Since the cable from the original motorola quick charging plug is too short I use my old one from the SGS2 to charge it over night. Will this harm the battery in any ways?
Nope.
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Ok thanks
just because I'm curious: Does ist harm the battery from phones without quick charge support if I plug them on the quick charge cable from the Motorola?
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Ok thanks
just because I'm curious: Does ist harm the battery from phones without quick charge support if I plug them on the quick charge cable from the Motorola?
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Ha! I was just wondering this. Glad I read your thread before I posted.
I've been charging other devices with the quick charger. So far, my BT headphones, BT speaker, and my 10.5 tablet. They all charge more quickly than on the chargers they came with, or PC USB (obv). Hopefully it isn't damaging their batteries. I don't think it is, but I don't have anything other than intuition with which to back that claim.
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Ok thanks
just because I'm curious: Does ist harm the battery from phones without quick charge support if I plug them on the quick charge cable from the Motorola?
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The Motorola cable is supposed to switch to the lower charge speed when it is plugged into a non-QC device. Whether it actually does or not is beyond me, but it is supposed to be smart enough to not kill your other devices batteries.
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The Moto charger will not harm non-TurboCharge devices and the MXPE can use any regular charger.
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The Moto charger will not harm non-TurboCharge devices and the MXPE can use any regular charger.
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Good to hear, thx
I've done a ton of searches on this site and the web in general but cannot find an answer.
It is worth investing in a QC2 compatible charger (they are expensive compared to regular ones, which I have already of course)?
thx for the help!
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I've done a ton of searches on this site and the web in general but cannot find an answer.
It is worth investing in a QC2 compatible charger (they are expensive compared to regular ones, which I have already of course)?
thx for the help!
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It doesn't work, but you have usb 3, which is just as fast.
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It doesn't work, but you have usb 3, which is just as fast.
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What portable chargers, both car and wall, are good for USB3 fast charging?
Thx
LivinOne said:
What portable chargers, both car and wall, are good for USB3 fast charging?
Thx
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Any 2 Amp charger will work great. I use the white charger that came with the phone for outlet, and this for the car:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00M6QODH2